Tag: Actively Engaging

Math Personalized Learning Plan

Liberty Public School students in learning cafe classrooms use personalized plans to self-direct and pace their learning of math skills. Plans are organized against a continuum of math competency areas, and students work through a personalized plan for developing target skills associated with the intention. The plan asks students to:

  • Define in their own words what the skill is and means

  • Choose from a set of activities from a learning and practice playlists, including options to explore the skill through different modalities (videos, tutorials), try practice problems, self-assess again, play a “red card” to get immediate support from a teacher, or ask a friend

  • Apply the skill by making a video to explain it to others and then uploading it to SeeSaw (a learning management system)

  • Complete a mastery assessment online

  • Reflect on their learning, including identifying when and how they felt off track, strategies they used to get back on track, moments of engagement, and identifying means of engagement

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April 27, 2021

By Design Unit Plan

This unit plan includes what students are learning in each class throughout the course of the project. It also includes standards covered for each content area and examples of evidence of learning developed by students.

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April 27, 2021

By Design Project Guide

This is a sample project guide for a seven-week interdisciplinary project in ELA, science, social studies, and health. The guide outlines the big question and content area driving questions and explains for students and parents how progress towards learning objectives (concepts and standards) will be assessed as well as the type of evidence that is expected to be produced.

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April 27, 2021

Domain-Specific Professional Development Session Plans

Four examples of different virtual learning workshop session slide decks and accompanying plans prepared by the Department of Personalized Learning at Chicago Public Schools. Session topics include:

  • Learner Agency: Ownership and Self-Advocacy

  • SEL: Self-Management

  • Tailored Learning: Data Informed Instruction and Planning

  • Authentic Learning: Real-Life Context

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April 27, 2021
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